Gate-hinge



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S'. D'. WELLS.

GATE HINGE.

N0.395-,370. Patented Jan. 1, 1889.

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SOLOMON D. 'EIILS, Oh FAIRMONT, MINNESOTA.

GATE-HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,370, dated January1, 1889. Application filed July 19, 1888. Serial No. 280,4L'7. (N0model.)

To all 207mm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SOLOMON D. \YnLLs, a citizen ot' the United Statesof America, and a resident of liairmont, in the county of Martin andState of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in.llinges for Gates, &c., of which. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hinges fol-gates; and it hasfor its object to improve and simplify and cheapen the cost of theconstruction thereof and to facilitate the opening and closing of thegate from either direction by its own gravity.

To this end the invention consists in the novel coi'lstruction andcombination of the several. parts, as will be hereil'ialter moreparticularly described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which [Tully illustrate my invention. andto which relerence is had, liigure .l is a perspective view of myimproved hinge applied to a gate partly open. Fig. 52 is a similar viewshowing a modification of the hinge applied to a door; and 3, a frontview of the inner face of the rear gate-post, showing the hinges andinclined U-shaped track or way.

Similar lette s of reference indicate correspondingparls iii the severalfigures.

In the drawings, A represents a sill having two uprights or standards, BB, their ends being mortised in or otherwise secured to the ends of thesill.

C is a strip secured to the inside of the post B, by which means thegate-frame prevented from jamming the post and, obstructing the gate inits movement i D I) D are metallic e v the ends of which are screwedinto the strip C near the top and lower portion, respectively. Throughthese eyes and eyes E E, secured to the ends of the cross-pieces ot' thegate, bolts F F are passed, thus forming the hinges of the gate.

G is an inclined Ushaped track or way formed in two sections, and havingits rear ends bent up at right angles to the plane of the track andsecured to the post Bin any suitable manner, the forwardly and inclinedends of the track also being bent downwardly at right angles, as shownin Fig. 1, and provided with holes, hereinafter referred to, said trackbeing re-enforced and supported at this end in position relativelyto therear post and gate by means of an inclined bar, G} having a hole in. itsupper end, the hole in this bar and the holes in the forward angle endsof the track or way registering with each other, through which a bolt,H, is passed, which secures the upper. end of the inclined bar to thetrack or way, the lower end of the inclined bar G being secured to theforward edge of the strip C. This U-shaped inclined track. or way formsa bearing for a friction-roller, I, which traverses the track in. itsup-anddown movement with the movement of the swinging ot' the gate, andis secured upon the rear end of a rod, .T, which is passed transverselythrough the forward and rear ends of the gate-frame. The forward end otthis rod .T has secured upon it another roller, K, this end of the rod Jhaving the roller K playing vertically in a vertical slot, 71 in theforward end and near the top of the gate-frame, for the purpose ofenabling the roller II to ride up over and engage and disengage with acatch, is, secured midway upon the inner side of the postv B, itsmovement being simultaneous with the movement of the roller I upon therear end of the rod J as the gate is opened or closed. The rear end ofthe rod J or rollerbar aids in opening and shutting the gate, while theother or forward end facilitates closing and seeurin the same.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a modification of my device as applied to a door,a representing the sill, I) b the jainbs, and c the lintel. Secured tothe lintel c and top of the janlb Z) is an inclined curved track, (I,which serves as a bearing for and over which traverses a roller, e,journaled in a hanger on. a section of one or the upper portion of apair of hinges, g. To the door, near about midway its length, is secureda bearing, 71, and a vertically-slotted bearing, 71, through which ashorter rod or roller-bar, j, than that used upon the gate is passed,this bar havin a rolleigj, secured to its forward end only, the forwardend of said bar restin in its normal position upon abutton, k curved andsecured at right angles to a knob, If, the roller j fitting, when thedoor is closed, in a curved depression or catch, '6, secured to orformed upon the inner strip C and comprising the plates D D D D edge,about midway its length, of the jamb or having eyes E E, the inclinedU-shaped track upright b. i 1 G, secured to the post B, inclined bar G,and From the foregoing description, taken in 1 rod J, having rollers I Ksecured at each end, connection with the accompanying vdrawings, wherebythe gate is opened and closed by its the operation of my device will beobvious. own gravity, substantially as and for the pur- Having thusdescribed my invention, What- I pose described. claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, isi The combination, with the posts B B,sill i A, and gate, of the strip 0, interposed between the gate and postB, hinges secured to the SOLOMON n. WELLS.

'Witnesses:

EDW. F. WADE,

B. F. VoREIs.

